The Men's 800 metres T12 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 3 to 5 September.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
World & Paralympic record1:52.1310 September 2008Beijing, China
Results
Round 1 Competed 3 September 2012 from 12:16. Qual. rule: winner of each heat (Q) plus best second place (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 David Devine 1:55.97 Q, SB2 Mehmet Nesim Öner 1:57.40 PB3 Ignacio Avila 1:58.00 4 Carlos J Barto SilvaGuide: Cassio Henrique Damiao 2:06.69
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Egor Sharov 1:59.18 Q2 Hatem Nasrallah 2:03.83 3 Lassam Katongo 2:04.22 SB4 El Amin Chentouf 2:13.81 5 Luis HernándezGuide: Maxim Espinal 2:33.20
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Abderrahim Zhiou 1:55.99 Q, SB2 Lazaro Rashid Aguilar 1:56.64 q, PB3 Semih Deniz 1:57.03 4 Thierb SiqueiraGuide: Heitor de Oliveira Sales DNS
Final Competed 5 September 2012 at 19:35. Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Abderrahim Zhiou 1:56.42 Egor Sharov 1:56.65 David Devine 1:58.72 4 Lazaro Rashid Aguilar 1:58.76
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best. DNS = Did not start.
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